French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the White House ready to present a strong and unified case for Europe, especially regarding support for Ukraine.
  • njm1314@lemmy.world
    183·
    3 days ago

    I’m curious if this is going to be the way leaders treat Trump going forward. And by curious I mean hopeful. Because that debacle in the Oval Office when Elon Musk completely owned him I think has made it clear that powerful people can dominate this man fairly easily. The guy who used to terrorize people in 2016 on the debate stage is gone. He’s a dotering old man who doesn’t even know where he is half the time. Interviews like this with other world leaders should be able to dominate the conversation fairly easily.

    • Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world
      823·
      3 days ago

      There is zero chance. I think the only thing that would happen would be he would just shut down all in person meetings in front of a camera. Just like he does with news organizations or press people he doesn’t like… He just cries “they treat me badly” and bans them from the White House If something makes him look or feel bad he just shuts it down.

    • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 day ago

      I mean it was pretty well known that in his first term Trump was really awkward in meetings with foreign leaders. His schtick is very much catered toward Americans, and he’s got that aspect down pat. He says shit that flusters and disorients American democrats but when he’s with foreign leaders it becomes much more apparent how much more intelligent literally everyone else in the room is than than him and how utterly out of his league they are, and they’ve always treated him like an idiot child spouting off and often even openly laugh at stuff he says in earnest much to his embarrassment and anger

      • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.world
        34·
        2 days ago

        He should stop being a public figure then because he always looks like that. He’s just lucky most amaricans are too dumb to notice.

          • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.world
            6·
            2 days ago

            How though. Every time I see him talking he’s making a fool out of himself. How can people take anything he says serious when he constantly lies and talks like a 3 year old.

              • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.world
                2·
                2 days ago

                Like the movie Idiocracy. It used to be a pessimistic view of the future meant to be a comedy, yet it looks like an optimistic view of the near future, and looks more like a documentary right now.

                It shows how extremily dumb the Americans are.

    • DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nl
      4·
      2 days ago

      Or he does have an idea, and the nonsensensical lies he spews just serve to reenforce the talking points for his MAGA base.

      I don’t know which one is scarier.

  • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
    214·
    3 days ago

    This is how everyone should handle trump and his ilk at every opportunity. Talk over him, call him out on obvious lies, chuckle at him when he says idiotic things. Just generally treat him with disdain and derision. He has this hero status with his followers that could be chipped away at if he’s the subject of serious, casual ridicule. Not the stupid, desperate, “mango mussolini” “lord cheeto” junk, but the stuff that makes him feel self-conscious and lash out like a stupid, bumbling old man. This has been the most successful rhetorical/propaganda strategy whenever people have employed it.

    • njm1314@lemmy.world
      70·
      3 days ago

      He’s also not fast enough or coherent enough to respond to it anymore. I think you can cow him. Because I imagine that’s what his handlers do every day. He’s used to submitting.

        • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
          25·
          3 days ago

          Yup. Trump was a master of the Gish-Gallop debate strategy. Basically, the goal is to overwhelm your opponents with arguments. Even if they’re not accurate or well constructed. The goal is simply to preoccupy your opponent’s speaking time with debunking your claims, rather than making their own arguments. Because claims are easy to make, but comparatively take a lot of time to debunk.

    • JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee
      31·
      3 days ago

      Not saying you’re right or wrong, but these types of events only happen occasionally, mais non?

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      16·
      2 days ago

      I didn’t bother watching (I prefer to read), but this comment got me to play the video. Macron giving the wink at the end really got me. Pwned.

  • A_A@lemmy.world
    72·
    3 days ago

    Macron interrupts to say to the face of the orange thug that Europe provided 60% of the money and clearly he is there for negotiations. As he puts it, it is russia who should pay back : first pay compensations to Ukraine, then other countries.
    Next a journalist asks the orrange nazi if russia will pay since they are the aggressor … no answer + diversion + end of press meeting

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
    43·
    3 days ago

    Trump is 78 years old, has diaper plumbing problems and gets bored easily. Why doesn’t he retire? He would be surrounded by his adoring fans and he could live off of all of his money for the rest of his days.

    • pulsewidth@lemmy.world
      55·
      3 days ago

      https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662

      "Symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder and how severe they are can vary. People with the disorder can:

      • Have an unreasonably high sense of self-importance and require constant, excessive admiration.
      • Feel that they deserve privileges and special treatment.
      • Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements.
      • Make achievements and talents seem bigger than they are.
      • Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate.
      • Believe they are superior to others and can only spend time with or be understood by equally special people.
      • Be critical of and look down on people they feel are not important.
      • Expect special favors and expect other people to do what they want without questioning them.
      • Take advantage of others to get what they want.
      • Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others.
      • Be envious of others and believe others envy them.
      • Behave in an arrogant way, brag a lot and come across as conceited.
      • Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office.
      • At the same time, people with narcissistic personality disorder have trouble handling anything they view as criticism. They can:
      • Become impatient or angry when they don’t receive special recognition or treatment.
      • Have major problems interacting with others and easily feel slighted.
      • React with rage or contempt and try to belittle other people to make themselves appear superior.
      • Have difficulty managing their emotions and behavior.
      • Experience major problems dealing with stress and adapting to change.
      • Withdraw from or avoid situations in which they might fail.
      • Feel depressed and moody because they fall short of perfection.
      • Have secret feelings of insecurity, shame, humiliation and fear of being exposed as a failure."

      I wish I’d never even heard the name ‘Trump’ but I feel like I know him well enough now that ‘all of the above’ feels accurate.

        • JacksonLamb@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 days ago

          I think he will commit more crimes but you may be right. He has a tiger by the tail though. At this point I don’t think he could get out unscathed.

  • Jolly Platypus@lemm.eeEnglish
    49·
    3 days ago

    Time for the EU to break free of the US. The US is now aligned with Russia, North Korea, and Hungary among others.

  • Embargo@lemm.ee
    482·
    3 days ago

    What does that fucking moron mean when he says “We’ll get some land back”? It seems to me that he thinks his allies land actually belongs to him. I know America likes to portray itself as the big boss of the west but that’s just make-believe, man… Like movies and shit.